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7 Higher Education Research in China: An Independent
Academic Field Under the State ............................................................ 131
Lifang Hu and Shuangye Chen
8 Higher Education Research in Hong Kong: Context,
Trends, and Vision .................................................................................. 145
William Yat Wai Lo and Felix Sai Kit Ng
9 Higher Education Research in South Korea: Research
Themes and Methodologies in National Journals ................................ 163
Jisun Jung
10 What It Is Like and What Needs to Be Done: A Status
Report on Higher Education in Macau and Its Research ................... 181
Zhidong Hao
11 The Development and Progress of Higher Education
Research in Taiwan: Massification Matters ......................................... 195
Sheng-Ju Chan and Ting-May Huang
12 Higher Education Research in Mongolia During
the Transition Period of Development ................................................... 213
Nyamjav Sumberzul and Shagdarsuren Oyunbileg
Part III Southeast Asia
13 Researching Higher Education in “Asia’s Global
Education Hub”: Major Themes in Singapore .................................... 225
Michael H. Lee
14 Higher Education as a Field of Study in Malaysia:
Towards an Epistemic Community of Practice .................................... 245
Norzaini Azman and Morshidi Sirat
15 Higher Education Research in Thailand: Current
Trends and Development ........................................................................ 265
Nopraenue Sajjarax Dhirathiti
16 Higher Education Research in the Philippines: Policies
and Prospects ........................................................................................... 287
Christian Bryan S. Bustamante
Part IV South/West Asia
17 Education Research and Emergence of Higher
Education as a Field of Study in India .................................................. 299
N.V. Varghese
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